Yes me again.
It is worth copying one of my other posts from different thread with regard the possibility of BA pilots leaving BALPA en-mass if dissatisfaction continues and joining another union. It is a serious worry but a definite possibilty.
UK union recognition laws changed this past year. Now, If 50+% of employees vote in favour of a union it has to be legally recognised by the firm involved(used to great affect by BALPA to increase membership over the past year). So if for instance more than 50% of BA pilots voted in favour to say bring the TGWU (who run BASSA our cabin crew union, plus our transport drivers, plus cargo) BALPA would cease to be the official union in BA. BA could still choose to acknowledge BALPA but it would cease to be effective within BA with less than 50% support. Just food for thought of course, but something people should keep in mind when they throw around anti-BA sentiment. At the moment the higher input per employees of BA-BALPA union subscriptions help fund some of the services that would not be around should these BA subscription funds be diverted elsewhere(in facts some say BALPA would be in financial trouble, CD and MG would have to take a pay cut perhaps). The attitude of our union head office of late also inches the yet untested numbers closer or over the needed 50%.
Time for another POLL ? (joke)